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Param Bir Singh: From chasing underworld dons to fighting a home minister | All you need to know
Years before becoming Mumbai Police chief, Param Bir Singh was responsible for chasing down underworld gangsters and drug lords in Mumbai and Thane. Now, he is embroiled in a bitter fight with the state s former home minister.
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Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh. (Photo: PTI)
On Tuesday, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recorded his statement in which he once again accused Anil Deshmukh of asking police officers to collect Rs 100 crore per month for him through extortion.
Param Bir Singh first levelled these allegations on March 20 in a letter addressed to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Anil Deshmukh has rubbished these charges and threatened to file a defamation suit against him.
Extrajudicial Killings, Political Clout, Suspension: Tracing Mumbai Cop Sachin Waze s Career
The explosives-laden car found near Mukesh Ambani s residence has brought the controversial police officer back into the spotlight.
Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Vaze arrives at Police Commissioners office, in Mumbai, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Vaze has been removed from the Crime Branch after his name came up in deceased Mansukh Hirens statement. Photo: PTI
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Mumbai: There is an established pattern in Maharashtra now â each time the Maha Vikas Aghadi government is seen gaining a steady footing in the state, the Bharatiya Janata Party introduces newer antics to destabilise it. Central investigating agencies are used to take over politically contentious cases. We saw it happen with the Elgar Parishad investigation in 2019, then with Sushant Singh Rajput’s death by suicide in 2020 and now, most recently, in a strange case of a terror scare outside âAntili